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UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea HARVEY C. HORSEY, 0F MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,739, dated Iune24,1879; application filed February 4, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY C. HoRsEY,

l of Mount Pleasant, in the county of Henry and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ghurns; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specilication.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of my improved churn.Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of the same.

The object of this invention is to produce a churn that will be compact,cheap, and efficient, embodying two communicating compartments and twodashers operated by a single lever; and the novelty consists,principally, in the means for adjusting the operating mechanism to adaptit to the height of the person operating it, or to accommodate anycircumstances that may require an adjustment, and at the same time tothe amount of cream to be churned; also, in the novel combination andarrangement of the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forthand specifically claimed.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A represents a rectangular box ofsuitable dimensions, which is divided into two compartments, B C, bymeans of the vertical parti tion D. The partition D, provided with aseries of perforations and slots, a, fits into vertical grooves on theinside walls of the boX, so that it can be easily removed and put in atpleasure.

The object of the perforations and slots in the partition I) is to allowthe cream to pass freely from one compartment to the other and break thelittle butter-sacs.

The top of the churn is closed by two lids, d d, divided longitudinally,resting upon the ledges e, and are prevented from casual separation bymeans not shown. The lids are slotted at j' for the passage of thedasher-rods E, hereinafter described.

To each side of the churn-box A, about midway, is permanently securedthe vertical narrow strip or cleat F, having at the upper-end thepivoted button h. The lower ends of the cleats are provided with atransverse hole to receive a pin, hereinafter described.

The letters H indicate adjustable uprights or standards, provided withelongated slots or" openings 7c, to pass over or straddle the cleats F.(Only one shown-see Fig. l of the drawings.

This lower end of each standard is provided with a series of holes, m,to receive a pin, n. The upper ends of the standards are notched orrecessed at 1to afford a bearing for the rock-shaft I, carrying theoperating-lever K, as shown in the drawings.

To the operating-lever K, within the recesses p, are attached, by meansof the connectingpin r, two vertical rods, E, known as dasherrods.77 Tothe lower ends of these rods are secured the perforated agitators ordashers M, of such size as to conform to the size of the compartments inthe box A. The upper surfaces of the dashers are inclined in thedirection of the partition, for the purpose of throwing the cream thatis lifted with thedasher in its ascent forcibly inward against thepartition, to agit-ate the same and lessen the power in operatin g thechurn.

To adjust the standards H, carrying the rock-shaft, with operatingleverand dashers, the pin n is removed and the standards raised or lowered tosuit the circumstance; and when the desired adjustment is had the pin isagain inserted in the proper hole m, registerin g with the hole in thecleat F, and the button l1, assists in retaining the standards inposition. This adj ustment to suit the height of the person operatingthe churn does not aect the stroke of the dashers-that is to say, thedashers pass from the top to the bottom of the cream in the churn-box.

One end of the operatinglever is recessed to receive a socketed handle,O, which is detachable when the machine is not in operation.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. Thecombination, with the churn-boxA, having side cleats, F, arranged on opposite sides, of thevertically-adjustable standards H, straddling the cleats on the box andcarrying 2 A 2mm/39 the operating mechanism, substantially as set i Intestimony that I claim the ihregoing as forth. my own Iafix mysignatureix'i presence of two 2. In a churn, the body-box A, having lcheWitnesses.

side cleats, F, the standards H, having; eongated slot and a series ofholes, the rock-shaft Witnesses:

I, operatin g-lever K, flasher-rods E, and dash- JAMES DOUGHERTY,

ers M, all combined as set forth. A. MCCARTNEY.

HARVEY C. HORSEY.

